Tom Scholz donated this guitar to the Wang Theatre in Boston, where it's on display. A 1968 Les Paul Gibson gold top, it's what he used to record the band's classic albums. Note how it's tricked out with both Mighty Mouse and the artwork for their debut album.
Sting wrote "Every Breath You Take" at the same desk in Jamaica where Ian Fleming wrote his James Bond novels.
When Keith Urban played "Somebody Like You" for his girlfriend, she called him a hypocrite because he "sucked at relationships."
Billy Joel's "My Life" was used as the theme song to the 1980 TV show Bosom Buddies, which starred a young Tom Hanks as a guy who lives in a hotel for women by dressing up as a girl.
"You Get What You Give" by The New Radicals was the first hit song to use the word "frenemies" in the lyrics.
Sir Mix-A-Lot is credited as a writer on The Pussycat Dolls' biggest hit, "Don't Cha," because it interpolates his 1988 song "Swass," where he goes, "Don't you wish your boyfriend was swass like me?"
The Men Without Hats lead singer wrote "The Safety Dance" after getting kicked out of a bar for dancing too aggressively. The song is literally about being safe to dance if you want to.
The country sweetheart opines about the demands of touring and talks about writing songs with her famous father.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
In the name of song explanation, Al talks about scoring heroin for William Burroughs, and that's not even the most shocking story in this one.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
Rick Astley on "Never Gonna Give You Up," "Cry For Help," and his remarkable resurgence that gave him another #1 UK album.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.